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The Starlight Magic Hour return with debut EP ‘The End of the Party’

08 Oct 2018

Although they haven’t been together long, The Starlight Magic Hour have attracted a great deal of attention for their genre-defying depictions of ne’er-do-well wastrels. And while their penchant for NSFW lyrics makes them fitting signees to London label ‘Permanent Creeps’, there is a perverse pleasure to be found in the Starlight Magic Hour’s music. Not least because the 7-piece certainly have an ear for a tune.

On their debut EP ‘The End of The Party’, The Starlight Magic Hour deliver strong choruses throughout which serves to anchor an EP that has little fidelity to a consistent sound. Even within songs, the band veers into unexpected territory with varying degrees of success; the pavement-lite of ‘Song to Jonny’ fits like a glove while the super-funky coda to ‘The Child of Rage (I want to feel love)’ is more like a borrowed identity. The main thrust of their music does however bring certain indie touchstones to mind. To give you some idea, imagine a more folksy Fat White Family or if Lou Reed was lead singer of The Fall.

Overall, ‘The End of The Party’ plays as a series of sleazy vignettes projected onto a wall of endearingly lo-fi guitars. An acquired taste perhaps but on their debut EP, The Starlight Magic Hour are apparently intent on demonstrating their versatility across 5 songs which are brim full of ideas.

We’ve added The Starlight Magic Hour have been added to our Radio playlist on Spotify. Listen here.